Fastener



April 7, 1964 c, A. FcosE ETAL FASTENER Filed March l5. 1961 UnitedStates Patent O 3,127,651 -FASTENER Clarence Aibert Foose, 809 S.National, Fort Scott, Kans., and Billy Dean Foose, 212 S. Oak Park Ave.,Oak Park, lli.

Filed Mar. 15, 1961, Ser. No. 95,906 2 Claims. (Ci. 24-73) Thisinvention relates to a new and useful fastener, and more particularly toone which is :adapted for facile closing and opening of a suit or sportjacket.

In many occupations it is necessary for a man to wear a jacket, either asuit or a sport jacket, in a business oice r similar establishment, 'andit is necessary for the individual to be seated during a portion of thenormal working time. In addition to being seated, the individual mustrise at frequent intervals, either to greet people or to conductbusiness at another location. The construction of present-day jackets issuch, that in many instances, it is more comfortable to unbutton thejacket while the wearer is seated to eliminate tightness or binding. Inorder to present a proper and pleasing appearance, it is necessary forthe wearer to rebutton his jacket when he arises from a seated position.It is, of course, obvious that the buttoning and unbuttoning of thejacket produces undue wear on the used buttonhole, thereby presenting afrayed appearance of the jacket long before the useful life of thejacket has been expended.

Another problem with the buttoning and unbuttoning operation is that itis a cumbersome operation which requires two hands to do. Furthermore,the appearance of a man rising from a seated position and fumbling witha button is not appealing. It is appreciated that there are many deviceswhich allow facile closing of two edges, but all of these devicesrequire that a certain different type of fixing member be built into ajacket, that is, other than the conventional and widely accepted buttonand buttonhole mounted on respective opposite sides of a jacket. It istherefore one of the principal objects of the hereindisclosed inventionto provide a coat fastener for holding opposite edges of a coattogether, which device holds opposite edges of a jacket in ajuxtaposition with a minimum of manipulation of the device by the wearerof the jacket to fasten the two edges together.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fastenerwhich is readily mountable in a conventional buttonhole in a jacket andeasily attached to a conventional button to hold the jacket closed.

It is a further object of the instant invention to provide a fastenerwhich provides adequate space for mounting a family crest, fraternitycrest, society emblem, or similar device on the fastener to provide anattractive accessory for a mans jacket.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide a fastener foruse with a suit or a sport jacket which fastener may be used by a wearerduring a certain portion of the day and then readily removed from thejacket to allow the jacket to be fastened closed in a conventionalmanner, that is, by a conventional button in a buttonhole.

Other objects and uses of the hereindisclosed invention will becomereadily apparent to those skilled in the art upon a perusal of theappended specification in light of the drawings in which:

FIGURE l shows a suit jacket with a coat fastener mounted thereon whichcoat fastener embodies the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is va `cross-sectional view taken on line 2 2 in FIGURE l;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective exploded view of the fastener shown in FIGUREl; and

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the rear or inner portion of thefastener shown in FIGURE l.

3,127,651 Patented Apr. 7, 1964 Referring now to FIGURES 1 through 4,which show a form of the instant invention, a jacket 205) is shown,which jacket has an edge 202 with a button 204 held thereon by thread206, and another edge 208 with a bound buttonhole 210 contained therein.A fastener 212 which is a specific embodiment of the subject invention,is shown holding the two edges 202 and 208 juxtapositioned each other.The fastener 212 includes a substantially flat,- oval base 214. The base214 has an ornamental face 216 on one side. The ornamental face hassuitable ornamentation contained thereon, which may be :a crest,fraternal order symbol, or other such similar device mounted thereon.The base has a spacer 213 fixed to a portion of the edge of said baseand extending away from the ornamental face, as may be clearly seen inFIGURE 2. A button catch 226 is fixed to the spacer on the side of thebase opposite the ornamental face. The button catch includes a pair ofarms 222 and 224 which define a V- shaped recess 226 therebetween to actas a fixing member. On the same side of the base as the spacer andbutton catch, there is fixed to the base a buttonhole riser 228 whichalso serves as a spreader bar, as do buttonhole risers 36 and 112. Thebuttonhole riser is mountable in the buttonhole 210 and the buttonholeriser has a substantially square button 230 fixed thereon an-d spacedaway from the base.

The fastener 212 is mounted on the jacket 200 by placing the button 230through the buttonhole 210 so that the buttonhole riser 223 is held inthe buttonhole 210 and the material of the edge 208 is positionedbetween the button 230 and the inside surface of the base 214. Thefastener is so positioned that the catch 220 extends out beyond the edge208 for reasons which will become apparent hereinafter.

With the fastener mounted in the position described above, theornamental face 216 is presented for viewing. In order to fasten thejacket closed, the wearer need only pull the fastener with the edge 208toward the edge 202 so that the catch 226 is placed beyond the button204. The fastener is then released and the arms 222 and 224 guide thethread 206 into the bottom of the recess 226. Thereby the button issecurely held between the base and the button catch and the jacket isheld closed. When the wearer Wishes to unfasten the jacket, it isnecessary only to pull the edge 208 toward the edge 202 until the buttonis clear of the catch and then raise the fastener away from the buttonto release edge 202.

It is evident that when the wearer determines that it is desirable toremove the fastener from the jacket, it is necessary only to push thebutton 230 through the buttonhole 210 remove the fastener from thejacket. Thereby the fastener may be :applied to another jacket oranother fastener may be used in buttonhole 210 or the jacket may beclosed in a conventional fashion, that is, by the use of button 294,which is a fixing member, and buttonhole 210.

Although the foregoing description gives specific embodiments of thehereindisclosed invention, it is readily apparent that those skilled inthe art may make various modififications and changes in thehereindisclosed invention without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention. It is to be expressly understood that the presentinvention is in no way limited by the description contained herein butis limited only by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A fastener of the type described forl holding opposite edges of ajacket together comprising, a fastener button, a riser fixed to saidfastener button for mounting in a buttonhole in an edge of a jacket, abase fixed to said riser, said base having an ornamental surface, aspacer fixed to a portion of the outer periphery of said base andextending away from the base in the same direction as the buttonholeriser, and a button catch fixed to said spacer for cooperation with abutton fixed to a second edge of the jacket, said button catch includinga pair of arms with a generally V-shaped opening therebetween forreceiving thread holding the button onto the second edge of the jacket.

2. A fastener for holding opposite edges of a jacket together comprisinga substantially at base, a spacer substantially perpendicular to thebase and being formed on a portion of the outer periphery thereof, abutton catch xed to the spacer and spaced from said base, a buttonholeriser fixed to the base on the same side as the button catch, and afastener button fixed to said buttonhole riser and being substantiallyparallel to the base, whereby said fastener button is placed through abuttonhole in an edge of a jacket to place the buttonhole riser withinthe buttonhole, thereby mounting the fastener on the edge of the coat,and the button catch is placed into engagement with threads holding abutton on a second edge of the jacket to position the button between thebutton catch and the base thereby holding the two edges of the jackettogether.

References Cited in the iile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS OTHERREFERENCES Germany (printed application), 1,003,481, Feb. 28, 1957.

2. A FASTENER FOR HOLDING OPPOSITE EDGES OF A JACKET TOGETHER COMPRISINGA SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BASE, A SPACER SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THEBASE AND BEING FORMED ON A PORTION OF THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF, ABUTTON CATCH FIXED TO THE SPACER AND SPACED FROM SAID BASE, A BUTTONHOLERISER FIXED TO THE BASE ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE BUTTON CATCH. AND AFASTENER BUTTON FIXED TO SAID BUTTONHOLE RISER AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLYPARALLEL TO THE BASE, WHEREBY SAID FASTENER BUTTON IS PLACED THROUGH ABUTTONHOLE IN AN EDGE OF A JACKET TO PLACE THE BUTTONHOLE RISER WITHINTHE BUTTONHOLE, THEREBY MOUNTING THE FASTENER ON THE EDGE OF THE COAT,AND THE BUTTON CATCH IS PLACED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THREADS HOLDING ABUTTON ON A SECOND EDGE OF THE JACKET TO POSITION THE BUTTON BETWEEN THEBUTTON CATCH AND THE BASE THEREBY HOLDING THE TWO EDGES OF THE JACKETTOGETHER.